"This means that people can no longer get convicted for violating the copyright monopoly alone. The court just declared it illegal for any court in Europe to convict somebody for breaking the copyright monopoly law when sharing culture, only on the merits of breaking the law. A court that tries somebody for violating the copyright monopoly must now also show that a conviction is necessary to defend democracy itself in order to convict. This is a considerably higher bar to meet." Well, that's progress, I guess.

Those who benefit most from the socioeconomic system are "terrified" by anything that affects negatively their earning/profit potential.

It's even worse. They're terrified of anything that effects negatively their earning/profit GROWTH potential. They can make 100s of millions (not taking into account their accounting practices), but aren't satisfied if it didn't match their expectation* of billions.